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Hi- I was using the 4 digit pin.....got an error and Windows 10 rebooted on it's own, came back up asking for my password; however nothing I tried worked. Does anyone know of a proggie to bypass or change the password or get back to the pin?

I used Hiren's boot cd to no avail....was wondering if a Linux live disk would work? Thanks in advance for all help given.

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Hi- I was using the 4 digit pin.....got an error and Windows 10 rebooted on it's own, came back up asking for my password; however nothing I tried worked. Does anyone know of a proggie to bypass or change the password or get back to the pin?

I used Hiren's boot cd to no avail....was wondering if a Linux live disk would work? Thanks in advance for all help given.

There should be an option under the password window to get back to pin. It should say something like change login method.

Hi- I was using the 4 digit pin.....got an error and Windows 10 rebooted on it's own, came back up asking for my password; however nothing I tried worked. Does anyone know of a proggie to bypass or change the password or get back to the pin?

I used Hiren's boot cd to no avail....was wondering if a Linux live disk would work? Thanks in advance for all help given.

There should be an option under the password window to get back to pin. It should say something like change login method.

The only issue here will be, once you're back in to the system using the PIN, you'll still need to know the current password to change to a new password.

If You really cannot remember Your current password, activate built in Administrator account and use it to change what You want.
And if it is done, make password recovery USB. It is asked nearly every week, how and what to do, if forgot password, maybe You can find, if search a bit.